Full Text of HR0783 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Obesity, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition | 3 | | are major risk factors for cancer, second only to tobacco use; | 4 | | approximately one third of U.S. (186,000) and Illinois (22,223) | 5 | | cancer deaths this year can be attributed to poor diet, | 6 | | physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Overweight and obesity are associated with | 8 | | increased risk for several common cancers, including | 9 | | colorectal, esophageal, kidney, endometrial, pancreatic, and | 10 | | postmenopausal breast cancers; research also suggests that | 11 | | overweight and obesity may also be associated with increased | 12 | | risk of liver, cervical, ovarian, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, | 13 | | multiple myeloma, and aggressive prostate cancers; the | 14 | | biological link between overweight and obesity and cancer is | 15 | | believed to be related to multiple effects on fat and sugar | 16 | | metabolism, immune function, hormone levels and proteins that | 17 | | affect hormone levels, and other factors related to cell | 18 | | proliferation and growth; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, National and Illinois adult overweight and | 20 | | obesity percentages are similar in that 2 out of 3 adults are | 21 | | overweight or obese; nationally, 31.6% of children ages 10 to | 22 | | 17 are considered to be overweight or obese; in Illinois, 34.9% | 23 | | of children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Overweight and obese children and adolescents are | 2 | | at an increased risk of staying overweight or obese as they | 3 | | grow older; therefore, prevention of obesity is essential, | 4 | | beginning in childhood; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, An American Cancer Society, Illinois Division | 6 | | mission priority is to reduce overweight and obesity rates in | 7 | | Illinois' youth by 25% by 2015; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society recommends consuming | 9 | | a healthy diet, with an emphasis on plant foods, in order to | 10 | | reduce cancer risks; recommendations include choosing foods | 11 | | and beverages in amounts that achieve and maintain a healthy | 12 | | weight, limiting consumption of processed and red meats, and | 13 | | consuming fruits and vegetables and whole grains instead of | 14 | | refined grain products; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Regular and intentional physical activity helps | 16 | | maintain a healthy body weight; independent of body weight, | 17 | | physical activity may also reduce the risk of breast, colon, | 18 | | endometrium, and advanced prostate cancer, and possibly | 19 | | pancreatic cancer; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society recommends that | 21 | | adults engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or |
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| 1 | | 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity each week and that | 2 | | children and adolescents engage in at least one hour of | 3 | | moderate or vigorous intensity activity each day; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Despite the evidence linking overweight and | 5 | | obesity, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity to increased | 6 | | cancer risk, the majority of Illinoisans are not meeting | 7 | | nutrition and physical activity recommendations; social, | 8 | | economic, environmental, and cultural factors strongly | 9 | | influence individual choices about diet and physical activity; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Reversing obesity trends and reducing the | 12 | | associated cancer risk will require a broad range of strategies | 13 | | that include policy and environmental changes that make it | 14 | | easier for individuals to regularly make healthy diet and | 15 | | physical activity choices; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we encourage that the following be supported: | 19 | | (1) policies aimed at increasing access to affordable | 20 | | healthy foods in communities, worksites, and schools, and | 21 | | decreasing access to and marketing of foods and beverages | 22 | | of low nutritional value, particularly to youth; | 23 | | (2) changing school environments to promote health |
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| 1 | | through a coordinated strategy addressing key components | 2 | | such as physical education, health education, nutrition | 3 | | services, staff wellness, and family and community | 4 | | involvement; | 5 | | (3) daily, quality physical education for early | 6 | | childhood education programs and all students in grades | 7 | | K-12; physical education can be supplemented with | 8 | | additional school-based physical activity opportunities, | 9 | | such as recess, physical activity in the classroom, | 10 | | classroom breaks, intramural sports, and walk-to-school | 11 | | programs; and
| 12 | | (4) ensuring all users-pedestrians, bicyclists, | 13 | | motorists, and transit riders of all ages and abilities | 14 | | have safe access to a community's streets.
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